Alleluia I for tiie Lord God Omnipotent reijrrieUi, and Iightcounes Judjr H-nt and Mercy arb the Habitation of His' TtiVonei
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: f NPKRSUANTE'OF.kKk'CT OF TCOJIPO
' XIVATlOiV li'oai th5 Lecislature -bf the Shite of
,. . .- North Carolkiat) and, the further Appointment by j
"the Commissioners appointed by Said act iiRVin
r larnoro' on tne loLlv-iusttuit, 1 shall open books
C ' 'for subscription for. stock to builtl -a Kail Road
. ,frbni Williaiston to or near Tarbbro', on the 7th
, day oi' J une next at my olfitb.. : i 4 '
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i j Willianjston, May 17th 1866. lib 12-tf i
NOTICE
IS hereby? gh-en to the subscribers to the stock
in .the Williaitistdii and TarhmvV tj iii t?rvaVi
(on the n illiamston book) to pdvme fivp dollars
on each share subscribed, on or hefore the first ot
:ctober next, which will secure the charter and
i .forthwith eiihlc the tympany tcrelect bihcer'sranct
i proceed to nusmcss. ' '
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STOVES !
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TWO SCHOLARSHIPS i
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F the' Philadelphia. .Uniyerpitv. of Mediefne
and Sunrery, are Tot -sale at rour for
Seventy-five Dollars apiece, each -of which cer
rv tifictes SQhtitles the owner to full instruciiun
' bnielng Anatomy, Surgery,. Phisioloj iattrrW
? edica. Chcniistry, ObstrctrieS and Diseases of
r f. omen dnd Children, Principtes and practice of
- f edicine and Pathology." The-advertisement oi
, ie University willtfe foofwi in another, place.
.'e wbttld cull the particular, attention' tT our
?aders to the enlightenett and un parcelled lib
nllity Of lts'terms.( The latter it seems to us.
s eed only be known,; to ensure the largest pat-"
onage of any similar Institution in the world.
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JOB WORK. BLANKS, - BALL TICKETS,
; CARDS' pTinted with neatness end dis-
; -1 J V "V " -J
J or fwhat is earth so valuable, tis for a
n?enta;of something better ? What uee
sba.litrangm . and pilgrims. -make of i itj
4 a:volfnnerom vrliicii to get the
iilpbalet ot.oclestid seiervcb; Fave as a
'v; ,'f;,:ra i51vu ney embark ; a
io.wriiig oriflge, ow. which they pass fto
uic iwcviei juauu r r or . ail Who Wilt se
them; ttere are waymarks along the road,
pointing jtoward Canaan. 1 ' I ; j
The! mountains ar remembrancers. In
all directions they lift their dark or hoary
hads, singly, or in groups, holding many
a iscrvojr .'to feed the pure perennial
springs, that like living hearts send -forth
the Very life-bhtod of the Jand, and em
.bosoming many a Jake worthy to be called
The iSmilebf the GreatM spirit." I They
loolt jjke sentinels which the LorH of hoss
lias set ort iuty; the, deep gorgesr aven
ues to! the palee of - the f Great Kirin-.-
When mornins: tVihies. whata wp1th
gloryis poqred over their lofty, ridge V
and-! down .their sides ! When cvcthtkV
shadows ;settL"r over thorn. ' vou mnv
nestle; a little this way and that, rutflintr
their' wings, and carciblly adjusting;them--selves
fo'rjcft 'gbt's ' repos'e. ci'-r k!
;;i5i)leniny majestic remembrancers ! ve
caliJtfji mind Mount Moriahrand Sinai, Car-
meraira.JLebanqn,, labor and Calvary, and
tbe.iaknelsseTs amidst which Waldensses and
Coveitanters sang praisest-to tlie God ot
Kr salvation. Most comfortable ,are the
away j from earths We "thin llow ' the
veasting artn is underneath t ie tbeblest
jsainofibe Most High: yak
le who,
in cov-,
weigheth the mountains in scskfc is
enaoi wnn ms people.- : iVs the mountains !
are rmuiOj aoout J erusalem, so the Lord is
roundabout hispeople from bjenfcfoith,
cVeia forever. ' , ' . ' - - . '
Tiid ryu! ,of man needs a stroncfelJ
.vli3ae foundations are1 elsewhere thr.. v n
thisfijuakjng ; planet: Wlien thesormor--ttiins
' M1 j be ' seal t ered, am) tlicso hlili
jOoV.y we shall fi"id that the Jibckof-. Ages
j alone e'arf serve for-a hidinst-place.
wui-say ot the Lord the JiOrd my jight-fcousncss---lie
ismy-rock, my fortress, rhy
delitei-er; in Jiim 'will I trust." I;
The. water lull has a, voice lor us. We
find our way down circuitously lo-the base
of Moiitmornci, By leaping and climb
ing Hye approach the very edg-f dwj'rber
ing khWtj and iriere; stand :eiitraiicel by;
the Hood of moving beauty., and grandeur.
un posmo it tie waters, and- o er
i en us,
plunging hnd iwuning, laughing , in wild- j
est
ee, j lining the ajr , with scattered
drops
in the. mdrning light. , The sun seems to
gwi with us in - wonder at the scene.
walls of J pc, and lolty banks 't ringed with
evetgfeeil trees, silent sentinels, that kqen
...w. -Hwdu.wit giEflni i.ivc uiamumwj
Watphroveithe bVupendbls t-msni.
Ma'zie at. the streaming rainbows,
wnose
l!qud: colors seem'to issue from tli
iouiat oi beauty itself. Cast your
el liv
ing
;t your eye on
liie projecting bed ot earth, which tke rush j
ot: waters
has spared, that its grass plot of
brilliant
green may smiie, tiie summer
long, so gladsomely, in the face of :Moiit
mofenci, this qiieeh of facades, jlhere
the stands, in- peerless beauty with briiial
robb and I wreath, and heaven'-s own kiss.
ri thai fi'.lreheaH hangeleSs and serene.
jiace for the soul to dilate, to soar
ost tbj what is visible in the visit n
jhich.-is-unseen, brighter and more
n those things which are seeti.
lioiiig iar to the north, we will visit the
Saguenay. Wb.at e borne "along a stream.
braaa, uarK. ana aeep, in places even ratn
omless. Lofty monntairiS rugged and
precipitous, form its shores. No nibrtal.
notj even'! trie Indian,' has probably ever set
fooi -4pon thenj; . It. is midnight:; and. the
mobu bas-gonedown behind -a ' dark crest
of ihe,bleak, western barrier.- We
move
Snwa&d,. I suad the awful solitud-eJ.tiU we
appfpach brie of the everlasting hills which
has steonel down the stream, and ad-
variced its foot into tbe -water., i jf is called j
A-iuiuitv i7M"i'T -a i oca, i iuiij pcipu-
aiqiuany, wiin us majesxic ironv oij uiieen
huinired feet, while the line , tinIs "riO wt-J
torn! tp the quiet current at its base. ; It is
a mountain that .might be - touched as; we
sail b v. IBut God has touched the hills.
arid jtheyrffbke. ; " The Mount is alto
gether on ' 'a smpke, because the Lord des
cended upon it in fire, and .the asmoke
thereof ascended the t. smoke of : a fur-na.ce.-iflLiifctElQ
t4 , far drnTi tbo
stream, Vast tracts are in a blaze. ) It is as
if the whole region were instinct with yol
calip forcers, and just ready to burst fb'rth
in -overwhelming; terror. You observe, as
your eye toolcs dbwn that gloomy vista,
that) those livid' flames arebeybnd J'Etern-
ity Poirit''5;: ''i- :r '. f.?!-i -
lAh traveUer 1 . whither are you bound ?
Ncafrfig "Eternity Point' the raging fires
below in full view, what think; you of lite,
A".M A-. L-j5 - ' T'WL li".,- i l.m;Ur.' irlinn Hlia
Of
heav
kveri shalHl epart as a scroll when ; it is
rolled together, and every moiintain . and
island "be rdbved oat bf their 'places. And
i ue. Kings ii liie earui, sniu too cai mui,
anid the rich men, and the chief captains,
and the mighty men, and every bondman,
and every freeman, shall ' brdeltb:roseU;
inj tfee deiis ami -the rocks of the rriountains,'
and shall eay to the mountains and rocks,
Fallon us, and hide us from, tiie r face of
Him that sitteth cm the throne, arid Trom
tbe wrath of the Lamb for the great Iday
of bis i wrath is come; and who shall be
able to stand r' . r V - ' , x
'Voyagers on the swift current .of time,
1 - . . ' .'.t.
what is the prospect opening before ufe as
.' -I 1 : 1r' . u TTI - , -
we rouna Jjiternity romtr . nen oui
bark shall have shot bv that, solemn bourn,
If is a
-u high, 1
i' ci.i.at -sv
lovHv thi
ami dense darkness 1 ave veiled oupene-
n-aMv! Veilii-VnifirU mo r,.nm fte Wa
of those heh!ini;rhefe' shall we be? fon-
der Hye who VpeW your years al a tale
that toH, wJio arelss 4 sleep jte I Who,
m thinigh of i :time, float -IfelWtaJbite
jdoward tliQ last beacon between thii world
and tbe: nektlpqndef it. . The MhkU
shall le tiinle into lfellajid all tltdniitiotis
t-liat it r:?t (oT., " -r . jh - i: J-ijj ;i; .
But 'while irom'tke mnlt of that fifo wo'
Ifont'tije midst of that fire we
seem to hfvsJr
mercy on re,and" sendf Lazarus that.be
may dip the tip of his finger in witerj arid
cool jy tongue; for I am tormeiitf d in this'
flame;? in one direction only is .thjpre light
and peaee it is in the blue heavens above.
The stars. asUhey look down placidlvkipori
us, si&ak off t)ie .Better Iknd; JheV re
jnind e-$;-f IIkjiii" who 4ied iri faitbj "riot
haying receyetj 'the proniises, but having
seen them a ar oC! andwere- piersriadedlof
themjjand ' mlnaced Uiem, and Confessed
that they were strangefs'an'd pif gri ih on
the eUrth! 'For theyhat5:saystich tilings
ueciare piainiy tnax vty seek "a
the'v
re
turned. ;j. put now they desire a better
cohntrv. tbat !isL an' havnnlv; :--Whrifnrn
ybd is jiot ashamed to be'called thiod ;
torheliath rircparedJbr them a city. 'f
; It, was on jtlieseivery stars that Enoh,
Noali,- Abraham and Jabb gated i .by
iiicu iiwt iuey were guioeu .in'xneir jour
ney ings .and sojoarni ngs, and7 tbei r eiilent
suggestions from on high awakened earnest
and holy desires after another country. 4-
Blessed pat
at iarchs ! e are not !no'wexertiDhs oi. intelligence hnd it impossible
come unto 'the mount that might be touch
ed. .:ah-d5-tbfefe.bariQeA-' w'ith ;;fireV;'.n6r-' unto
blackness.
s; nr Markne) and tempest ;
but
ye arc c - mount'l sion, ; and
into
thet.t
Jen:
f r
.ngGod, tiie -lieavjeniy
in n ii m erab.l e co rn pan y
. general -assembly and
.t"-born ,' which - are w ri tten
:.i ,.,,r., and JLo-Gud. the J udge
of . all,
at to the bitits of iiisti men niade
per-
. the
icc.'andrtol i Jesuit he . iIediator of
new o venadt ,1 and to the Iflood of spring- .
ung, tnat spt aKcth : ueuer things than
tliat
of Abel." Ttowpion. , f i j ,
The most formidable ieonflict between
- r
the State Ivisrhts atsd Consolidation schools
of politics in the United States, took piat-e
during the uiiemorabl tariff controversy of
m in w&ich Daniel Webster-of Mas
sachusetts and "John C. Callu tin of South
Carolina, thehndst remarkable antitypeis of
nrthprn arm if hrn
Statesmanship,
the entireheld
joined in delMteeillored
of cohtroverf;$earchedeyery feature knd
iirmcuue ot ine; government,! ana leit on
! j :Ji ii " .. .I - i-.v.t.
record a. complete aud. -exhausting com-
meritaronthe whole political system ol
'Mr. Calhoun was logician eno"gh6 see
nrd the Kentucky rnd, Arirgiuia Hesolu
r j. - - -- r- .
of his own State, there was' a strong scnti-f
remepv.
He lived in a time whent ottkel
mental attajchfoent to the ijnioh ; and he
would haveilbeeii a reckless j
olitician. who
would then ! hi
ve openly braved popular
ftubjeet.") tnileed' MV. Cah
, and perhaps not insincere-
passion oh ibXi
hoiih: profcSsje
ly, an ardent
love f or the j Union. Is a
speech to. lii-nstituents;irj South Caijo-'
liua he declarek
l, that he had rnever nreatn-
ei ahvoppasite
reason to love
ed that nearly
sentiment," apd that he had
he Union wherr? he rerlect-
half his life had beep passed
in its service, and that! ynatever putdtc
.reputation he had acquired v as indissolu
i biv connected witli it.i- f j. : if . y, '
! It rwas the task of the great Sonth Caro
lina politician td.find some remedy, fbi ' ex
isting evils short j of .Disunion. He was
unwilluj;, cithe 'ito. viqlite iiis 6wh :aflti
tions pi- tiie popular idolatry of. tie Union i;
and at the samo! tiine he was ' deeply sensi
ble of the- oppression it devolved xibon the
lsbuth.r: iTheveslion Wa4 what exi)edientr
couia oe iouna to : accommoaaie ine oyer5
rulincf anxietv to nernetnate the Union
I -t : .III' s. - . V' . 1 ' tT
an) the -necessity! lof checking the; "Steady
r
ainauue in uiiuci
tionai aomination u
succeed m accommodating tnese
SKterajtions. lie mtiupon one t)i tne most
beatrtiful and ingeipous theories -in "Ameri
can politics. , to preserve ai .jrleet the
Union, and to hitducejntb-it that prin
ciple , Of. adaptability! - to ? circuinstauces,
which is the first virtue ot wise goyernr
ments.i '.He1 proposed that in eases of se-
era! 1 Government, tiie a matter ; shonld be
referred to; a. convention of all the btates
for: its final" a rid conl-lutdve determination.
He thus proposed; 7 instead; of . destroying
ine umonr lo. erec., oyer . au uuBi,
guardianship; anil instead of bringing it to
the tribunal of popular passion to arraign
it . only 1 before the j mseinbled sovereign
States .which; had created lit. , ..
Mr. Calhoun . a Viuldantly explained his
doctriner Should." said-hOi the General
Goverunient arid a State come info conflict
we I have a higher-, remedy r "the power
Which called the General Government into
existence which gar it all of its authority
and can enlarge contract, or abolish . its
powers at its pleasurje, may;beiinvbked.
The States themselves may be appealed to.
tliree-lpurtns 01 wnicu, in laci.iorma now
er, whose decrees arej; the' Constitntibn it-,
helh and whose voice cn' silence all tliacon-
tent.;. rhe utmost extent! then ol the power
i 'f.hnt a Stat aft in? - in its 'sovereicm ca-
pacity, as one of the bartiw 4b (he eonki -
tutional compact, may compel the govern-
v9 w n ;. O
raent, created by that compact, to submit
a question touching its : infraction' to the
f . v II I ki 11 I tTJ-f. 3 til.
parties w no creaieu i
e insisted with
1 plain reason that
ne, so far from
tibns; involved jtlie right of Secession. : Btjtj against the objection now Under consideij
he was not di4bosed to: insist upon" Lation. ; What is clear in the evidence of
mtn
being anarchical jor revolutionary, was the
oniy sona iounoaLion oi our sysiem ana oi
the Union itseltf" His explanation of ih$
true nature ot trie, union was a model op
positioi to a' certain vulgar; and snperfieia
opinion, thatj the 3tatp institutions of Am
erica .were schpolsu of. f provincialism, lu
held the doctrine that, they were in
eiise liostilejtb ttie TJi&
their pharaqter ;1r- tKstl
the true clofv of'Aik
no
ion, or,raangnan
r i character ; that they interpreted
2. i - .- -. :
the true glofy of America; and that he
was the Wisest stat esman who would con
stantly observe 4i the sacred-, distribution
of povfer" V iweeh the Gcner&l G.overn
ment and the Satef, and bind -sp the rights
of thd States with the common welfare.
: It is;;a"cu'rious instiGce of Northern mis-
representatk n in politics aad of their cun
ning in fastening a false nomenclature tipon
the; South, tl .at the : ingerirous doctrine, oi
Mr. Calhoun which 'was eminently con
servative; and direct imdrcssed to saving
the union,, should hiive been entitled ,2s ul
nn; ation,"i -ana. I its .aiunor, oranaea as a
Disumonist.
Unfortunately, the world has?
got most of
ts opinions of Southern narn
-minleh from ttreJshiaJIow pages ot
to learn the lessons that the system of ne
gro servitu'de in the South was not Siai)
cry 1 that Jolin C. Calhoun was wt, a
r JDispiion',sU and 'that the 'war-;'bfi8f31
brougnt'on by Nori!iTn insurgents against
the antliority of the Constitution, was not
a Sithemr-cbalio ame9 are appar
ently slight things: but. they create the
first impression they solicit the sympa
thies ot ''the- vulgar : and they often create
a c'ud of prejudice which the greatest
wholly to dispel - Pollard's Lost Cause:
The. suppoj.sed oubtfiilncss of Religioi
is:alleed bjvso'me weak and short-sighted!
persohs, as ah . argnn)enr against its truth1
and against ihe ; practice ' of its . Wis anc
virtuous precepts. Iet dt be considered
which cause ;ia saiest. ana which most tian
gero uis, and let it be remembered that in
lidne of the concerns of life1 :o men act
upon idemot3?traiipn.! Fo.crcatu'res of oui
impeilfect facnltiies' and humble condition
no' moral qnesticjn. and not a single event
bf the futurje are Capable jef tlembnstra
lion ; matliematii
of such a proof. ;
cai prooicms atone a a in it
Y Probability is our very
guide ot Iife.v- E
yeryiact ot every human
leing is performed upon an uncertain
prol)abiljty, and- often only possibility aoi
success. Numberless accidents, besides
tliat of untimely death, j self-deceit,, the
falsehood otmen and false appearance o
things, are liable to disappoint I the best
concerted schemes. AY hether we shai
succeed in ofir temporal pursuits is highly
doubtful ; apd whether we shall secure
happiness by succeeding, is doubtful ) in a
much higher degree.; Still irrieh do not
thus afford the most conclusive atgnment
- .- . - .... . . . . . - .' .1
Christianity
we shall -.find to be entirely
HufhcientctQ i
influence ouer reasonable praLv
lice, ana mpuueiy valuable; ana wnat is
dubious, either unnecessary to be. decidet
or of very subordinate importance. '
The most celebrated metaphysical proo
bf the existence -of God 'which has ever
been advancedj was proposed by the grea .
philosopher jliene. Descartes, who flourish
ed in IIoliaMjd, during the first half of the
17th I century - j His argument i as fob
lows : "I c
- . -if. :- !
o not exist by myself :' for, if
I were the clause of my own existeuce. i
should Imve
given . myself . all the perfec
ch I have an idea. I exis
tions of wh
then by ano
her, and this Being by whom
1 exist is Au-Fertect other wwe I should
be able to apply to Him the same reason
ing which Ijhave just applied to myself. j;
But that proof of the existence of an Ajl
lerlect Creator and Governor of the Uni
verse, wdilclj is iribst satisfactory to all, is
derived from an intelligent observation of
the works of nature. H To ah uuprejudiceel
inquirer1 after truth; millions of instances
ot - design cannoi oul aemonstraie vne
existence oti a JJesigner 1 " llow - do yon
the Wtstep's of an animal by, the prints
which It I leaves upon the . sandV " Soon
er," says Bacon, V would I believe all the
fables of-the Legend j the Tabmend, and the
Alcoran ; tnan. mat ims universal Trame is
without a rriind." 2 It is a most desirable
i train ot thinking, .regard , ihe phenome-
x .rfcyvtnrj-' with a
super-inteiugeni. junior. iue wuim
thencetprthj. become a temple, anajiie
itself one cpritinuetKact of adof atiojpv J Ail
the works of God,thr9righont the imineri
Bity of the Universe, i clearly display the
agency and! the perfections of the Great
Creator. Frpm the magnificent lumina
ries of heaved 'to tbfe'tmratively small
globe on wjhich we dwell, and the smallest
micrpseopu: animalcule that glides through
its waters, jwe perceive the impress of om
nipotence and skill, which infinitely surpass
all the puny labors arid inventions ot mep.
We cannot, Vmt conclude lhat the works
nnatiiri? nroceed .from intellitence 'attd
Llfuifrn because. ' hi the pro po it on bf
adaptationitd-a ;puriFe, subservience to a
use, they rescmblp w b it intelligence.', and
design are :condantly; producing, and no
thing else yer. produces at ail. ihe con-,
structidns and jfunctions of the human ey e,
earl nose, riiouth and hand, of ' the bones,
j niiWcles, -glands, lacteal and lymphatic
1 tnbes, nerves and pore, veins and arteries
j m?y well l i .6aid. to constitute inf:d iWe
marks of Divine intelligence and" skill.
And . tbe beneficial tendency of all His
contrivances, aounuauuj csuuiiaucs iuc yc
nevoWnt cnaractcrof the Supreme Crearr.
Iceland. '-.. r
Iceland, in the Xorth Atlantic, seems tA
form a volcanic region by itself. From
the beginningof the twelfth century, there
is clear: evidence that, during the" whole 1
period, 'there has never ben an interval
of moreihah forty, and very rarely one 'ot
twenty years, without either an eruption
or agrejii earthquake. So intense is the
energy f the. volcanic action in this region
thai sonic eruptions of 1 loci a have lasted
six 1y earjs . without ceasing. ; KaTtH-akes
Have oit0n shaken the whole islarrviatbiice ;
causing great cringes in-rite intftn, V.
as tle sinking doVn of hills, fin:
of mouniain?, the 'desertion ifcy1 dv;Jr cT
their channels, and the apjaratice o-f j ;
lakes. " Hew isl inds have often been tfiew
up near the coast, some of which stiil ex -
ist while others hae disappeared, eithei"
by subsidence or the' action of the waves. -
The greatest eruption on . record pro
ceeded tfom Skaptar Jokul, in. Iceland, iiv
1783; jThe lava flowed in twoi iiearJy - 'op? '
posite streams, tifty miles in one direction '
andfory in the other. The breadth "
which one branch attained in' the low t-oun-
Llijara'' w-aa from tlve to fifteen miles, that ' !
ot;tie bier--ateven.-i-':-a,m? ordinary r
ioi Dour currents was one hundred
feet.jbutj in. narrow .defiles it tcraetimes
amounted to' sit uiindred; X has bW
fealcnlateid that t!;e mass of lava throw u -
uuiiiiij tiiu erujiuoii surpasseu- magm
tude the bulk of Mont Blanc. : ;r .
Thejeruplion of Skaptar Jokul did not V
entirely cease till the end of two years ; and
when the tract was ' visible eleven years V
aherwarls, columns of smoke were found ' '.'
still risirg from parts of the lava' The ' '
destructidn ot life and property was im-: ;
mense. ':Tp less than twenty villages were ; r
destroyed, besides those being in undated by . .
water, j More than nine thousand, human
beings nearly one-fifth the entire populii- '
tion perished, together with an immense
nambt-r f cattle, partly by the depieda--7
tions of he lava,1 partly by . the noxious,
vapors vbich impregnated' the air, and 'in '
art. by the famine caused byv. showers ot
ashes th -oughoul; the island,7 and the de
sertion f the coasts by the fish. . c
Tie' u nn- Geyser is froiri he Icelandic
geysu1x which signifies : to rage, or bunst,
forth impetuously. It is applied to the -
hot springs whichoccnr inr a remarkable
group of fifty or more in Iceland, about
thirty-six miles from Hecla. Geysei are
not constantly active ; few oi themplay
longer tban live or six minutes at a - time,1
althonglj sometimes half an hourr Tho
grand eruptions are often after intervals of 1
a day or two. - ''-i.'-' ''.' :-'i-- - j
The fJ reat Geyser has a basiri-at its sum- !
mit sixty feet in diameter, and ix or 6ev: j .
eh deep. At the bottom of tiie basin there '
is a well or funnel, ten 'feet wide at" the
mouth,' but gradually narrowing to seven! -
or eight with a perpendicular descent of
by subterranean noises like the 1 distant
firing of cannon, and shakings, of the earth.
The sound then increases and becomes
more violent, "tiJlat length .a column of
water is thrown up to the height of one or
two hundred feet, A flerithe water ceases!
to play, a column of steam, rushing up
with amazing force and thundering sound,; .
terminates tne eruption. Cotton,
The Flea. As the gnat and-terrible
miiennitlril will luivn na ntnlni. 1.
of the cool weather, and the livelv and ner-
severirig j3ea will begin to stir "about to
take his! place, we will forestall his arrival
by some riofes cohcerning observations we
have i made of him under, the microscope :
When a flea is made to appear as large
a an elephant, we can see all the wonder
ful parts (of its formation, and are astonish-,
ed to find that it has a coat of armor much
moreCqmplete than ever a warrior wore,
and epmposed of 'stroag polisned plates,
fitted over each other, each covered Jike a
tortoise shell, where they meet, hundreds
of strong quihs projecting like those on S
the back oHhe porcupine or hedgehog. ,
There are the arched neck, the bright eyes,
the transparent cases,' piercers to puncture ;
the skin, a sucker'to draw away the blood,
six longjlegs, four of which are folded on
the breast, all ready at any moment, to be
thrown 'out with tremendous f Jrce for that
jump wiich bothers one when they want
to catch him, and at the end oi each leg
hooked jclaws, to enable him to cling to t
whatever.he lights upon. . A flea can jump
a nunarea uroes nis own iuugm, wimc
the
he: same as ifif aran jumped to the height
f seven bun tfoix, ; and he can draw a
of
load t w'o' bjr)nf&dv times hi ywn jwight. -
Aia... aiu b it, uuii uue never
theless. - ' -; i J - S J L --- - '
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KNew York Fast Hotel LiPi.---Any poor -devil
that cannot pay five dollars per day, :
and gojto the attic and be colonized on a
cariip bedstead, Jiad better stay away from
our city hotels or marry a rich Widow and
pay seventy-five dollars per day for ,first
class accommodations. There are not lees
than .nineteen Hiarriageable misses of
great 1 expectations, at tbe : hotel,
and the sphynx that . gives me t
of that liighfalutin - locality says
the oridits
says tnere aro
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seven war-widows whose fashionable "hab
iliments jot woe" combine a riailitary and
graie ard . gr indeur about the grade of
first lteutenin, who hold , themselves at a
j qaarte lol a million each, " legal tender.
OfjcorijrKe ari oppoi lunity so golden meets v'
with numerous f op orterg. ratr you ;
meet sorts of o .i.ditpns of po 1c.
Fast ypuiig men and blase old ones, w.dws
tliat pight to be wives, and wives that
ought to .bq . MdqwtFlora IcFlimseyg, .
petroleum,-shoddy ami highfalStin, with
as many grades as there were" formerly
Irish kings iri a borough, all living under
ground (before the war.) Correspondence-
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